24-26 October 2020
At the start of a week touring the Dorest and East Devon coast was a two night stay in West Bay, Dorset. We knew from the time of setting off from home that we were expecting a storm throughout the week but felt grateful for a change of scenery during the Covid-19 pandemic.
We stayed at West Bay Holiday Park which is in West Bay and situated next to the picturesque harbour. The site itself was well maintained and our ‘super pitch’ made life a bit easier with EHU and water on our (almost) level gravel pitch.
West Bay Holiday Park has all the facilities you need with a Nisa shop, Restaurant, Amusements and entertainment centre although we didn’t use any as we’re trying to be as safe as possible. Being a commercial Parkdean site they have an app to help with ordering food in the restaurant and also take away food. Its always a relief to not have to cook in the motorhome so on our second evening we ordered food to be collected from the restaurant using the app. Some things weren’t available from the menu but we were able to order freshly made pizza and sides. Everything was going incredibly well until in was time to collect the food. Despite booking a time slot for collection, we had to wait an hour for our food so we ate really late. The food was quite nice except the margarita pizza had cheddar on top instead of mozerella which is a huge bugbear with us. What should have been a nice handmade thin crust pizza was a pale greasy mess.
The most desirable attribute of West Bay Holiday Park is its locality to West Bay and its attractions with the harbour directly opposite the entrance to the site.
With a break in the rain and the sun making an appearance the harbour was lit up in an autumnal haze of nautical splendour which made way to some childish frivolity.
Around the harbour there’s a good mix of shops and cafes with something for everyone.
West Bay also has two fabulous beaches, West Bay Beach and Bridport Beach. When we visited it was incredibly windy so we weren’t able to do much else but stand and enjoy the view.
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